Skip to main content.

Slabs of the Sunburnt West

Thirty-two poems about life in the American Midwest, focusing on the city of Chicago, Illinois. Summary by Matt Pierard (1 hr 29 min)

Chapters

The Windy City

Washington Monument by Night

And So To-day

Black Horizons

Sea Slant

Upstream

Four Steichen Prints

Fins

Beat, Old Heart

Moon Riders

At the Gates of Tombs

Hazardous Occupations

Props

Gypsy Mother

Gold Mud

Crossing the Paces

Couples

Caligari

Feather Lights

Pearl Horizons

Hoof Dusk

Harsk, Harsk

Brancusi

Ambassadors of Grief

Without the Cane and the Derby

The Rakeoff and the Getaway

Two Humpties

Improved Farm Land

Hell on the Wabash

This -- For the Moon -- Yes?

Primer Lesson

Slabs of the Sunburnt West